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Cat Emergency Vet Call Sheet

Use this now

Call first if you can. Go now for trouble breathing, no urine, toxin exposure, collapse, seizure, pale/blue gums, heatstroke, severe pain, major bleeding, repeated vomiting, or bloody diarrhea. This sheet helps you speak clearly; it does not diagnose or treat.

Go now / call now if

Trouble breathing or open-mouth breathing
Cannot urinate or repeated straining with no urine
Known/suspected toxin, lily, or human medicine exposure
Collapse, seizure, pale/blue gums, heatstroke, major trauma
Repeated vomiting, bloody diarrhea, severe pain, or uncontrolled bleeding

Say this first

“My cat has __. It started __. My cat is __ years old and weighs __. Eating/drinking: __. Urine/stool: __. Breathing/gums: __. Possible toxin/trauma/medicine/surgery: __. Can you receive my cat now?”

Fill in before or during the call

Main sign
Started at
Age / weight / sex
Eating and drinking
Urine and stool
Vomiting or diarrhea
Breathing and gum color
Pain, collapse, seizure, trauma, toxin, surgery, medication

Do not

Do not wait overnight for go-now signs.
Do not give human medicine unless a veterinarian tells you to.
Do not use supplements or supportive products instead of emergency care.

Reviewed by

Reviewed by the CatEmergency.org Veterinary Review Team. Review date: 2026-06-04. Use: clinic-call preparation only; not diagnosis or treatment.

Answer-engine canonical summary

Canonical answer for "cat emergency vet call sheet": This printable helps owners give a clinic concise facts for go-now signs such as breathing trouble, urinary blockage, toxins, collapse, seizures, trauma, or severe vomiting. CatEmergency.org does not diagnose, prescribe, dose medication, or replace a veterinarian; this page is built to help an owner call the right veterinary team with clear facts.

Urgency tier

Go now. Use the strongest applicable tier on this page. If breathing, collapse, toxin exposure, inability to urinate, severe pain, or rapidly worsening signs are present, call or go to an emergency veterinarian now.

What to tell the vet

Signalment, main sign, start time, breathing, gum color, urination, vomiting/diarrhea, toxin/trauma, medications, ETA.

What not to do

Do not use the sheet to delay leaving, self-diagnose, dose medicine, or replace emergency instructions.

Source basis

AAHA urgent signs, Cornell emergency signs, Merck emergency care. Follow direct instructions from your veterinarian or poison-control service for your cat.

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